[10:26.] Son of Maia. Mercury, swift-winged messenger of the gods.
“The Sonne of Maia, soone as he receiv’d
That word, streight with his azure wings he cleav’d
The liquid clowdes, and lucid firmament;
Ne staid, till that he came with steep descent
Unto the place where his prescript did showe.”
—Spenser, Mother Hubbard’s Tale.
[10:28.] Dido. Daughter of Belus, king of Tyre; widow of Sychæus. According to story, she led the Phœnician colony to Carthage.
[10:33.] Punic. Carthaginian. So the three Punic wars of Rome against Carthage.
[11:17.] Ho.